News Release 12-Jul-2023

Simulation study of how body shapes and sizes affected energetic efficiency helps explain relative success of early Polynesian voyaging

Peer-Reviewed Publication

PLOS

Estimated energetic demands of thermoregulation during ancient canoe passages from Tahiti to Hawaii and New Zealand, a simulation analysis — **image: Fiordland in southern New Zealand.** view more

Credit: Atholl Anderson, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Simulation study of how body shapes and sizes affected energetic efficiency helps explain relative success of early Polynesian voyaging

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287290

Article Title: Estimated energetic demands of thermoregulation during ancient canoe passages from Tahiti to Hawaii and New Zealand, a simulation analysis

Author Countries: USA, Australia, New Zealand

Funding: AM received financial support from the Maritime Encounters (M21-0018) project funded by Sweden's Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

Journal

PLOS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0287290

Article Title

Estimated energetic demands of thermoregulation during ancient canoe passages from Tahiti to Hawaii and New Zealand, a simulation analysis

Article Publication Date

12-Jul-2023

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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